Olympians coach Steve Littlejohns commended his sides defence after they shut-out Waratahs in their Tamworth women's first grade clash on Sunday.
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After conceding eight goals in a seven-goal loss to Flames the previous week, the 3-nil scoreline made for a pleasing turnaround.
"I thought our defence was excellent," Littlejohns said.
"I think that's what got us over the line."
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Their pressure was one of features of the defensive effort.
"The defence didn't really give them (Waratahs) a lot of chances. They put a lot of pressure on and forced turnovers," he said.
Bridget Tydd put Olympians ahead with the first of her double relatively early in the first quarter. It was then 1-nil for a long time, Littlejohns said, with their last two goals coming in the second half.
Their sixth win of the season, it was a welcome one.
"It was really important we had a win to keep a bit of confidence in them (players)," Littlejohns said.
It also puts them equal fourth with Waratahs on what is a congested table with only seven points between second and sixth.
They have still "got a lot of work" to do, he said, and spoke about finding that consistency.
"We're still a bit inconsistent as last week's result showed," he said.
Tydd as usual got through a lot of work.
Littlejohns also made mention of keeper Eva Burke stepping up from second grade to fill in for injured regular keeper Rebecca Davidson. She made a couple of good saves off short corners, he said.
After some big scorelines last round, the contests were a lot closer on Sunday with Flames and South United both scoring one goal wins in the other games. Flames pipped Services 2-1 while Souths beat Tudor Wests also 2-1.
